SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 9 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Anchorage, AK The decades-long battle to defend Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is likely to heat up again in the new year, as oil drilling in the remote landscape was named as an agenda item in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 initiative. Even before the incoming administration takes office, the Biden administration's Department of Interior is expected to hold a lease sal more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Hematology issued the following news release: * * * Advances across continuum of care show promise and hope for patients * * * (SAN DIEGO--Dec. 8, 2024) -- Studies being presented at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition highlight progress in preventing and treating blood cancers. "It's very encouraging to see advances being made across the continuum of care for blood cancers," said Surbhi Sidana,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Republican Gains in California May Represent a Larger Trend By Atticus Vernacchio For the past 40 odd years, Republicans have viewed California as an untouchable leftist stronghold. Informed people from all sides generally deride the thought of Republicans someday regaining control as, at best, wishful thinking. November 5th promised something different. The naively optimistic suggestion t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) and Legal Aid at Work recently filed a complaint with the California Labor Commissioner on behalf of Lauren Gaw, a registered nurse who was unlawfully terminated for her political activities.The complaint asserts that Ms. Gaw's termination by the Outpatient Surgery Center of La Jolla (Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC) on Fe more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Dec. 9 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: California and Georgia Two sets of trucking employees have filed petitions seeking elections to remove International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters) union officials from power in their workplaces. Stockton, CA-based PepsiCo driver Edward Kilgore and Georgia-based BFI Waste Services driver James Shiflett submitted decertification petitions to the National Labor Relations B more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: PORTLAND, Ore.-- The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect San Joaquin tiger beetles under the Endangered Species Act. The beetles live only in the San Joaquin Valley of California and, within that valley, only in a small number of alkali sinks known as playas. Their narrow range in the highly agricultural and developed region, along with a seve more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following study on December 5, 2024 by Stone Washington entitled "Climate Disclosure's Triple Threat." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Financial regulators from the US federal government, California, and Europe have each recently adopted climate disclosure rules for companies. These environmental, social, and governance (ESG) mandates present major challenges for many US corporations caught between two or ev more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 9 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: New York, NY Today, a coalition of environmental justice and clean air policy organizations, ElectrifyNY, launch the "Mega-Warehouse Watchlist", an analysis of the percentage of residents in New York Senate and Assembly districts living within a half mile of mega-warehouses, like Amazon, UPS, and FedEx. With tailpipe emissions due to high truck traffic causing health harms like childhood more PR

MILPITAS, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: * * * Front-end and Back-end Segments Projected to Support Consecutive Growth from 2024 through 2026 * * * TOKYO -- December 9, 2024 -- Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forecast to set a new industry record, reaching $113 billion in 2024, growing 6.5% yea more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 9 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a ban on trichloroethylene (TCE), a highly toxic solvent associated with cancer, fetal heart defects, and Parkinson's disease. However, the agency stopped short of similar action on perchloroethylene (PCE), opting for only a partial ban despite its unreasonable risks of cancer and other serious health dangers. TCE was first man more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Journal of Marketing, a part of the American Marketing Association, issued the following news release: Researchers from University of California-Irvine published a new Journal of Marketing study that finds Republicans spread more misinformation than Democrats and explains the reasons behind this behavior. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Political Polarization Triggers Republicans' Misinformation Spread to Attain Ingroup  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: In anticipation of the swearing in of SenatorsAndy Kim and Adam Schiff, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Tiernan Sittenfeld: "Congratulations to Senators Andy Kim and Adam Schiff on being sworn in as the next Senators from New Jersey and California. We are thrilled to see these two incredible more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 10 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence v. School Committee, brought by a voluntary association of parents and students challenging racial discrimination in Boston public school admissions. "Every student should have an equal opportunity to succeed based on their merit, not where they live or the color of their skin," more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * A new, more sustainable AI model recognizes visual scenes by mirroring brain processes, opening doors for applications in medical diagnostics, drug discovery and beyond. * * * Imagine an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can watch and understand moving images with the subtlety of a human brain. Now, scientists at Scripps Research have made this a reality by creating MovieNet: an in more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 10 -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news: As a result of the failure of Australian authorities to stand up against persistent demonization, harassment and violence against Jews and Jewish institutions in Australia, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has issued a travel advisory for any Jews or Israelis considering travel to Australia. In a letter sent this morning to Kevin Rudd, Australia's Ambassador to the United States, Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the S more PR

MONROVIA, California, Dec. 10 -- World Vision International issued the following news release: International aid agency, World Vision, is in Syria responding to the massive spike in humanitarian need brought about by the overthrow of the Assad regime. Hundreds of civilians have been reported killed or injured over the past 10 days. In addition. 178,000 people have been displaced, leaving families in need of basic assistance and with little support as humanitarian operations are suspended in th more PR